A
solid state laser in which the
active medium is composed of ionic species supported in a crystalline host. The first
laser used a ruby crystal in which chromium ions as the
active medium were supported in an aluminium oxide (sapphire) crystal. One of the most common crystal lasers involves neodymium atoms in a yttrium aluminium garnet host crystal (the
YAG:Nd
laser).
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1913
(Nomenclature, symbols, units, and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-XV. Laser-based molecular spectroscopy for chemical analysis - laser fundamentals (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1920
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
doi:10.1351/goldbook.
